Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an anisotropic manner.
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- adverb in an
anisotropic manner; in such a way as todepend upondirection
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- adverb in an anisotropic manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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In particular, that heat which is added to the atmosphere by absorption of infrared radiation by carbon dioxide must be transferred anisotropically toward colder regions of the atmosphere rather than being transferred isotropically as assumed under the greenhouse gas hypothesis, for under this hypothesis, the second law is violated.
Rabett Run EliRabett 2009
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The business of writing down the RMS or CEP error estimate of the GPS measurement, typically given in feet or meters, converting it to lat/long degrees which conversion varies anisotropically and with latitude and using the result to inform the number of significant figures reported … not so much.
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Bayless KJ (2009) Nonlinear optical microscopy reveals invading endothelial cells anisotropically alter three-dimensional collagen matrices.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles William L. Rice et al. 2010
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